Henry Jones
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Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk. He attended the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theatre credits included My Sister Eileen, Hamlet, The Time of Your Life, They Knew What They Wanted, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Sunrise at Campobello, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Performance in a Drama. Jones appeared in more than 180 movies and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It, 3:10 to Yuma, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vertigo, Cash McCall, The Bramble Bush, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee, Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Arachnophobia. On television, Jones appeared in Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Phyllis, Night Gallery, Emergency!, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space, "Curse Of Cousin Smith," great acting by Henry, and R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television western movie Something for a Lonely Man. Jones died in Los Angeles, California, at age 86, from complications from injuries suffered in a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Vertigo (1958)
as Coroner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Bike Salesman
Nine to Five (1980)
as Mr. Hinkle
Dick Tracy (1990)
as Night Clerk
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
as Alex Potter
The Bad Seed (1956)
as Leroy Jessup
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Henry Jackson
The Grifters (1990)
as Sims
Arachnophobia (1990)
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Ez
The Outfit (1973)
as Doctor
Tom Sawyer (1973)
as Senhor Dobbins
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
as Mousie
Deathtrap (1982)
as Porter Milgrim
This Is the Army (1943)
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
as Lee Jones
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
as Henry Rufus
Mastergate (1992)
as Oral Proctor
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
as Will Sinclair
The Champagne Murders (1967)
as Mr. Clark
Skin Game (1971)
as Sam Cutler
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
as Rev. Green
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Hanson
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (1971)
as Judge
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
as Hy Slager
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Hanson
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
Actor
The Letters (1973)
as Mailman
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
as Old Man
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
as Mr. Tucker
Love Hate Love (1971)
as Tom Blunden
Cash McCall (1960)
as Gil Clark
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Assayer
The Mystery of Thirteen (1957)
as Walter Palmer
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Armitage
Project X (1968)
as Dr. Crowther
Please Call It Murder (1975)
as Dr. Vincent
The Best Years (1963)
as Dean Baker
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
as Codge Collier
The Bramble Bush (1960)
as Parker Welk
Grass Roots (1992)
as Sen. Ben Carr
Never Too Late (1965)
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Leftovers (1986)
as Thorndike
The Lady Says No (1952)
as Potsy
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Martin Moss
The 48-Hour Mile (1970)
as Decker
Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Sam
Rabbit, Run (1970)
as Mr. Angstrom
The Magic Statue (1982)
as Cyril Carson
The Crucible (1967)
as Reverend Parris
Taxi (1953)
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Rascal (1969)
as Garth Shadwick
Nowhere to Run (1989)
as Judge Culbert
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
as Theodore Menlo
Angel Baby (1961)
as Ben Hays
Hitched (1973)
as Barnstable
Mr. Matches (1953)
as Mr. Matches
California Gold Rush (1981)
as Joe Gillis
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
as Phillips